 Scientists find 245 million-year-old burrows of land vertebrates in Antarctica June 08, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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For the first time paleontologists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods – any land vertebrates with four legs or leglike appendages – in Antarctica dating from the Early Triassic epoch, about 245 million ... | |
Dinosaur diggers bring mobile lab, new techniques to Eastern Montana June 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists who dig dinosaurs in Eastern Montana will now be able to chemically analyze fossils the same day they're excavated and before degrading begins. | |
Men fighting over women? It's nothing new, suggests research June 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Men may usually settle it over a drunken brawl in the pub or perhaps a verbal spat – but new evidence has shown for the first time that fighting over women in prehistoric times could have been worse than that. | |
DNA reveals sister power in Ancient Greece June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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University of Manchester researchers have revealed how women, as well as men, held positions of power in ancient Greece by right of birth. | |
Burials held at Stonehenge for hundreds of years: research May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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England's famous Stonehenge monument was used as a burial site from its inception around 3000 BC until well after the massive stones were erected there around 2500 BC, scientists said Thursday. | |
Aussie scientists discover oldest proof of live birth May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Australian scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of live birth on the planet, thanks to a fossil fish from Western Australia with a well-preserved embryo inside the body cavity. | |
Giant flying reptiles preferred to walk May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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New research into gigantic flying reptiles has found that they weren’t all gull-like predators grabbing fish from the water but that some were strongly adapted for life on the ground. | |
 Archaeologists explore Peruvian mystery May 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Indiana Jones may be flying over the Nazca Lines in Peru in his latest Hollywood adventure, but two British archaeologists have been investigating the enigmatic desert drawings for several years. | |
 A missing link settles debate over the origin of frogs and salamanders May 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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The description of an ancient amphibian that millions of years ago swam in quiet pools and caught mayflies on the surrounding land in Texas has set to rest one of the greatest current controversies in vertebrate ... | |
 Scientists find first dinosaur tracks on Arabian Peninsula May 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Scientists have discovered the first dinosaur tracks on the Arabian Peninsula. In the May 21 issue of the journal PLoS ONE, they report evidence of a large ornithopod dinosaur, as well as a herd of ... | |
 University of Chicago launches first archaeological dig at site of 1893 World's Fair May 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A group of undergraduates at the University of Chicago has come in touch with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, launching the first archaeological dig of the famed Chicago fair site in Jackson Park. | |
Researcher finds El Nino may have been factor in Magellan's Pacific voyage May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions – ... | |
Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most accurate and most ... | |
 New evidence from earliest known human settlement in the Americas May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early ... | |
Egyptian elite tombs accessible for all May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A number of elite tombs from Ancient Egypt are now accessible to all thanks to the launch of the Mastabase. The Mastabase is a CD-ROM containing descriptions and hieroglyphic inscriptions of scenes of daily life from 337 ... | |
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